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The Black List and WIF (Women In Film, Los Angeles) have unveiled the participants who have won spots in their fifth annual Episodic Lab as well as the annual Feature Lab. The Episodic Lab provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers over the course of a year. The Lab runs twice…

UPDATED, 1:45 PM: Hillary Clinton has joined a stellar list of influential women in film and television set for the CW’s/Women In Film Make It Work variety special, a benefit focused on helping women get back to work as the industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining Clinton are Sheryl Crow, Malin Akerman…

Women in Film Los Angeles on Wednesday launched Hire Her Back, an initiative to call on entertainment companies to continue to seek gender and racial equality in their hiring as the the industry looks to return to film and TV production after the COVID-19 shutdown. Key to the initiative is the Hire Her Back Fund, a…

Women in Film, ReFrame and IMDbPro have teamed on a short-film contest for the coronavirus era. They have launched the Curbside Shorts Filmmaking Challenge, in which women and non-binary filmmakers from North America create a brief movie inspired by life while sheltering in place. All genres are welcome, and…

The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity (TTIE) has released their second “Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing” report and although the industry has seen an increase in efforts to monitor and track representation in writers rooms, underrepresented voices are still jumping over…

UPDATED with new additions to ballot: Talk about fortuitous timing. Women in Film has partnered with Women and Hollywood and NYWIFT to launch the “Vote for Women” campaign today — just as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association unveiled its Golden Globe nominations, which includes zero women for its film directing cate…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List and Women In Film Los Angeles (WIF LA) has unveiled the participants for their episodic lab, which is in its fourth year. The program is an effort between The Black List and WIF LA that provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers. Beginning October 1, …

First, the news: This year's Women in Film Gala, held Wednesday night at the Beverly Hilton, showed this group means business by introducing three new awards honoring Hollywood's female entrepreneurs: The WIF Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award, Emerging Entrepreneur Award, and the WIF Members Choice Award. The first…

Amy Poehler, Issa Rae, Elizabeth Debicki and Cathy Schulman will be honored at this year’s Women In Film Annual Gala, the new name of Women in Film Los Angeles’ annual awards event that had been known as the Crystal + Lucy Awards since 1994. This year’s gala is set for June 12 at the Beverly Hilton, with The Mindy Proj…

Women In Film is accepting applications for the organization’s 2019’s Film Finishing grants, which for the 34th year will award grants in cash and in-kind gifts for films by female directors. The submission period runs through July 14. Recipients will be revealed in November. Last year, nine grantees were chosen by an…

Women In Film, Los Angeles announced today that they have elected five new members to its Board of Directors. Syrinthia Studer, Andrea Nelson Meigs, Talitha Watkins, Vanessa Morrison and Tracy McGrath have joined the board of industry leaders who represent diverse aspects of the screen industries. “The 2019 Board of…

Hollywood has been putting weight and focus on diversity and inclusion when it comes to not only acting but directing and writing. Various studios and networks have put their best foot forward to do what they can to move the needle when it moves to representation with various programs — particularly ones that promote…